Trade and Trade Policy in the 21st Century Conference

Stephen J. Redding and Robert W. Staiger, Organizers

April 8-9, 2022

Cambridge and on Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 8
10:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Global Supply Chains
10:30 am

Supply Chain Resilience: Should Policy Promote Diversification or Reshoring?
11:30 am
Break
12:00 pm

Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks
1:00 pm
Lunch (boxed lunches)

Lunch Talk: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization
Trade Agreements
2:30 pm

The Costs and Benefits of Rules of Origin in Modern Free Trade Agreements
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

The Pro-Competitive Effects of Trade Agreements (slides)
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm

The World Trade Organization and US Domestic Politics (slides)
6:00 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, April 9
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Trade Policy
9:00 am

Protectionism Unchained: Determinants and Consequences of Discretionary Trade Policy in Argentina (slides)
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Trade Protection, Stock-Market Returns, and Welfare
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China's Economy
12:30 pm
Lunch - Parkview Room
Industrial Policy
1:30 pm

Precautionary Protectionism
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy
3:45 pm
Adjourn